Effectiveness of China’s Protected Areas in Mitigating Human Activity Pressure

Jian Chen, Hong Shi, Xin Wang, Yiduo Zhang and Zihan Zhang
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Jian Chen: School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Hong Shi: School of Tourism and Historical Culture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
Xin Wang: School of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Yiduo Zhang: School of Tourism and Historical Culture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
Zihan Zhang: School of Tourism and Historical Culture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: Global protected areas are the key factor in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, few studies use human activity pressure to assess the effectiveness of protected areas. This study constructed a human activity pressure index to assess the effectiveness of China’s protected areas, and predicted the change trend in 2050 under the SSP scenarios. The results are as follows: (1) From 2000 to 2020, the pressure of human activities in 75.15% of China’s protected areas is on the rise, accounting for 37.98% of the total area of the reserves. (2) China’s protected areas can relieve the pressure of human activities by 1.37%, and there are regional differences in the effectiveness. (3) Under the SSP scenarios, the protected areas can alleviate the effect of the pressure of the population well. These results can provide a systematic and scientific reference for the planning, construction, evaluation and management of global protected areas.

Keywords: protected areas; effectiveness; human activity pressure; China; SSP scenarios (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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